-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all. Apologies for another off topic post, but I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on this issue. In addition to having an ipv6 address assigned to an interface on a machine that's generated from the mac address and global prefix, I want to also have the kernel assign a random address to the interface per RFC 3041. To this end, I have the following in this machine's /etc/sysctl.conf: net.ipv6.conf.default.use_tempaddr=2 net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr=2 However, that doesn't work properly. When I boot the machine, I don't get the random address assigned to the interface, just the one made up of the prefix and mac address. After the system boots, and I login, if I do: ifdown eth0 rmmod 8139too modprobe 8139too ifup eth0 The use_tempaddr option works like it should, I have 2 ipv6 addresses assigned to the interface, the one made up of the prefix and mac address, and another one randomly generated by the kernel. By looking at what happens during boot, I see that udev brings up the network card hardware, then the sysctl parameters get set, then /etc/init.d/networking runs. I'm thinking that setting sysctl parameters before udev brings up the hardware would solve this problem, but I don't see a way to do that. The interface is configured in /etc/network/interfaces as: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Yes, the interface gets an ipv4 address via dhcp, and at some point, also has the machine on the lan running radvd give it the ipv6 info it needs as well. I can't figure out what causes ipv6 router solicitations to be broadcast when the interface comes up, though I suspect it could be network-manager, which I have installed on this system. Can anyone confirm this, or point out what sends out router solicitations, if it's not network-manager? The system in question is running debian testing, and has a 2.6.27.21 custom-built kernel. Any pointers on how to get use_tempaddr to do what it's supposed to, without having to take the interface down, and bring it back up, would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkog2bIACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyBFVwCfR2UAKE/TE2E/PJfBbI8J+dCl 2lgAoJRn8u/varEyBEkpXfS2z1TUVKZ7 =3k2K -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
